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Conker Live & Reloaded: Welcome to the nut house

Crave Remember Conker's Bad Fur Day? Probably not: it was the gaming equivalent of The Shawshank Redemption -- despite its greatness, nobody paid any attention when it was first released. The reason? It was the last big N64 game, released at a time when...

Tags: microsoft, multiplayer, xbox, fur

5 August 2005, 11:07

Marantz ZR6001 and ZC4001: Plug and play music

Crave If, like Crave, you're a sound junkie, then getting decent audio around your house is something you take very seriously. Setting up speakers all over your house can be annoying and messy, however. Fortunately for all you audiophiles, there's an...

Tags: remote control, house, wireless, listen

6 June 2006, 12:50

Crave TV: iRobot Roomba 560, Looj and Scooba robot cleaners

Crave No-one likes a dirty house, but no-one wants to do the housework. With better suction and a new design, you simply push a button and watch as it works its way around the floor of your house, changing direction if it hits an obstacle.

8 January 2008, 16:48

Tributaries HXC5: 1080p video over Ethernet

Crave So you've got all that wonderful home cinema gear installed in your house, everything is looking rosy, but then you make a horrifying discovery. You could have a main 'cinema' room, but use an AV receiver and one of these senders to move video...

Tags: loss, cable, house, send

20 November 2007, 10:36

ZyXEL PL-100: networking via electrical wiring

Crave Everybody knows networks are great, but a wired LAN can turn your house into a messy orgy of cables, and wireless networks can be subject to interference, slow connection speeds and complicated setup procedures.

Tags: power, house, networks, lan

25 January 2006, 10:44

Sony LocationFree: the ultimate PSP accessory

Crave Both these products squirt television signals around your house, or around the world using a broadband Internet connection. You can then wander round the house watching live television, programmes recorded on your PVR, or a DVD.

Tags: sony, broadband, stream, psp

31 May 2006, 9:25

iLuv i9200: Four CDs, two speakers and an iPod

Crave This formidable jet-black contraption will sit in your luxurious penthouse apartment on Canary Wharf, oozing both music and style.Although we've got one in the house at the moment, we've not had a chance to play with it in full, so sound quality...

Tags: iluv, cds, players, house

25 June 2007, 11:33

Logitech's magic pen and paper

Crave You open the Oxford Digital Pages Easybook, which looks totally ordinary even though it's a magic book, and on it you draw a picture of a house, say, with smoke coming out of the chimney and little fluffy clouds flying over the top.

Tags: magic, drawings, house, paper

25 July 2005, 11:09

Photos: The biggest televisions in the world

Crave The 108-inch Sharp which was unveiled at this year's CES will eventually go on sale, although we aren't sure how they could get it into a standard-size British house. The Technovision 205-inch is more likely to be used at stadia than in anyone's...

16 March 2007, 16:16

Griffin Evolve: No wires means no fuss

Crave There's no technical restriction within RF that stops you hooking up hundreds of pairs if you want, or should you be rich enough to own a house with that many rooms. This could be great for house parties with guests scattered across floors, rooms...

Tags: griffin, speakers, base, house

25 January 2008, 10:02

Sonos to access 5 million Napster songs

Crave This music is then transmitted to ZonePlayer wireless speakers around the house. However, with 5 million songs at your fingertips, there's no reason to have parties anywhere but your own house. Last night Sonos -- the company whose streaming music...

Tags: sonos, collection, connected, night

24 October 2007, 11:14

What's freesat and how will I get it?

Crave You'll need a satellite dish on your house, into which you can plug either a standalone freesat set-top box, a television with built-in support for digital satellite broadcasts or a TV tuner for your PC.

Tags: humax, upgrade, house, air

17 April 2008, 12:38

E3: Next-gen console scrap kicks off in earnest

Crave This new control system seems suited for Nintendo's big in-house franchises -- Zelda, Mario and Metroid -- but we're not sure how third-party developers will adapt, especially as no other system will be able to use all the motion features.

Tags: developers, press, windows vista, gaming

10 May 2006, 17:59

Solwise Homeplug: No-hassle powerline networking

Crave The actual speed you get will be dependent on the quality of your home wiring too, so you'll get better speeds in a new house than an old one. It's certainly not as important as it is with Wi-Fi, because no one outside your house will be able to...

Tags: connect, house, fi, wi fi

25 March 2008, 11:52

Crave Talk: How flash will destroy optical and magnetic storage

Crave Many people already use flash drives to take an album they (legally) downloaded to a friend's house, and I see this being the case with both HD movies and HD games. Downloading a movie over the Web makes so much sense, but without some form of...

21 January 2008, 10:53